#7 The John Clay Wolfe Show 01/30/16 Hour 1

Summary

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The John Clay Wolfe Show | Episode #7 | 01/30/16 Hour 1

Air Date: February 11, 2026
Host: John Clay Wolfe
Listen On: Podbean / GiveMeTheVIN.com

Episode Overview

In this lively hour, John Clay Wolfe and his regular crew debate complicated relationships, share insider car business stories, riff on oddball auction characters, discuss economic downturns, and sprinkle in healthy doses of humor and offbeat anecdotes. No topic is too taboo: they dish on relationships, cars, sports, drugs, and the quirks of their industry—always with hilarious commentary and honest talk that stays (mostly) FCC-safe.

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Main Topics & Key Segments

1. The JD & "Just Friends" Saga

• [00:20-09:33]
  John is obsessed with JD's ambiguous relationship status. The crew debates whether JD and his female "friend" are really platonic, especially after seeing vacation pictures from the romantic “Honeymoon Islands.”
  • Quote:
    • “This is your girlfriend, dude. It’s okay to have a girlfriend.” – John Clay Wolfe [02:01]
    • “Have you never banged this girl?” – John Clay Wolfe [02:17]
• JD’s son, Rob, calls in to weigh in, but even he isn't sure (“I think they’re dating, but I don’t think anything else is going on.” [08:14]).
• The conversation spins into stories about chasing relationships “too far,” and the difference between, as John jokes, a “bitch and a whore.”
  • Memorable Moment:
    • John’s tongue-in-cheek: “A whore screws everybody, and a bitch screws everybody but you.” [05:29]

2. Used Car Appraisals and Dealer Talk

• [09:43-14:55]
  Caller Rob from Lafayette (JD’s son) pitches two cars (’04 Navigator & ’06 Mercedes C230) to John. They discuss the pitfalls of air suspension in Navigators, real-world repair costs, and the current pressures in the used car market.
  • Quote:
    • “It’s a four grand rig… That’s the money I’m looking at.” – John Clay Wolfe [11:34]
  • Rob reveals he is liquidating inventory due to the oilfield slump, leading into a discussion about broad economic signals.

3. Economic Warnings & Auction Market Slowdown

• [15:01-19:59]
  Brad shares inside info about upcoming railroad furloughs, a classic early-indicator of recession.
  • Quote:
    • “There’s furloughs coming… Meaning firings.” – Brad [15:38]
  • John gives a sobering story about a once-rich oilman losing his fortune due to industry collapse and personal guarantees:
    • “At $400 million, how do you go down?” – John Clay Wolfe [16:57]
• They compare the 2008 financial crisis to risky car loan practices, warning of possible trouble in the subprime auto lending world.

4. Drugs in Cars & Smugglers’ “Paranoia”

• [24:23-28:13]
  John’s team finds a hidden compartment with crack cocaine in a recently purchased auction car, prompting jokes and legal hypotheticals.
  • Quote:
    • “Did this come out of a ‘02 Hyundai…or a 2010 Escalade?” – John Clay Wolfe [25:10]
    • “No, that would be illegal, John.” – Brad [25:56], when asked if the show can give away the found crack as a prize.
• Brad recounts the viral story of two pot smugglers so high they called 911 on themselves because they believed (wrongly) that police were following them.

5. Auction Characters & Industry Color

• [29:03-32:39]
  The hosts describe the eccentric personalities at auto auctions: a former auction boss now always in a wheelchair, and a “baby arm guy” (with a tiny, underdeveloped arm).
  • Quote:
    • “It would be like having a foot glued on your shoulder is what it looks like. I’ll be damn.” – John Clay Wolfe [31:19]
• They joke about how corporate car managers now often have clueless “assistants,” diluting real expertise.

6. Super Bowl Talk & Awkward Fan Rap

• [32:39-34:42]
  The crew reviews Super Bowl predictions—Broncos vs. Panthers—a $100 bet is confirmed, and John debuts a cringeworthy viral white-guy Panthers “rap.”
  • Quote:
    • “And that’s why white people don’t need to rap.” – Brad [34:33]

7. OG Kush vs. OG Samples

• [34:42-35:44]
  They compare a homemade “OG Kush” rap song by their acquaintance “MC Point Blank” with its obvious inspiration, H-Town’s “Chronic 8,” discussing borrowed musical “hooks.”

8. Insights into a Softening Market

• [36:49-38:43]
  John notes a suspiciously slow day (“The lanes are dead, the phones are dead, the stores are dead. There’s something up.” [36:49]). He warns of dealers going bust overnight and describes his business as “all cash—no borrowing.”

9. Celebrity and Stock Show Encounters

• [38:43-39:53] Brett recounts riding an elevator with Randy Owen (Alabama frontman), missing dinner but bringing his daughter to meet him at the Fort Worth Rodeo.
  • Quote:
    • “Hey, you’re a good dad.” – John Clay Wolfe [38:43]

10. Listener Q&A — Used Truck Advice

• [41:20-43:38]
  Caller Nancy from Lake Arthur, LA, asks for advice about buying a high-mileage ’07 Ford F150 for her son. John’s advice: it’s a fair deal, just check the engine, transmission, and seat wear.

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Notable Quotes & Moments

• Riffing on Relationships
  • “It’s okay to have a girlfriend. Even if you’re 70, right? Even if you’re gay, it’s okay to have a girlfriend.” – John Clay Wolfe [02:08]
• Economic Foreboding
  • “The oil field, the economic slide is creeping up on us.” – John Clay Wolfe [12:33]
  • “He personally guaranteed his notes on the oil…when the oil price flipped…it flipped him.” – John Clay Wolfe [16:57]
• On Auction Tough Talk
  • “Normally this time of year, they’re fighting over those cars…they were not doing that yesterday.” – John Clay Wolfe [17:32]

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Timestamps of Key Segments

| Time | Segment Description | |--------|-------------------------------------------------------------------| | 00:20 | JD’s “only friends” saga and speculation | | 09:40 | Car appraisals and market talk with Rob | | 15:35 | Economic indicators—railroad furloughs, oilfield collapse | | 24:35 | Crack cocaine found in car; ‘Dumb & Dumber’ drug bust story | | 29:03 | Auction characters ("baby arm guy" and wheelchair boss) | | 32:39 | Super Bowl prediction bet; Panthers fan rap | | 34:42 | OG Kush song vs. original beat | | 36:49 | Market slowdown—dealer busts, all-cash warnings | | 38:43 | Randy Owen elevator encounter and Fort Worth Rodeo | | 41:20 | Caller Nancy seeks used truck advice for her teenage son |

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Tone & Delivery

Candid, bawdy, and irreverently funny, with a mix of offhand wisdom and radio banter. Listeners get both inside access to the car auction world and a front row seat for the hosts' colorful personalities and unscripted camaraderie. The show’s blend of car business, relationship banter, and not-so-PC humor makes for a unique, authentically Texan sound.

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Transcript

[John Clay Wolf]

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[Brad]

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[John Clay Wolf]

Launch your podcast on Podbean today. So I talked to JD yesterday and he's on the boat with his brother in law down in the Virgin islands on the 50 foot sailboat.

[Brad]

I mean, you would never know by looking at his Facebook page that he said he's on a boat, that he's on an island.

[John Clay Wolf]

Why? Because. Oh, it's just covered up. A picture.

[Brad]

Yes.

[John Clay Wolf]

Oh, you're just being sarcastic.

[Brad]

Yes.

[John Clay Wolf]

I'm being too literal.

[Brad]

Yes.

[John Clay Wolf]

Yeah, so he's just boating it. Jimmy Buffett, but. And he's not listening to us, so I can talk about him. So he's got this girl and she's around and she shows up for his birthday.

[Brad]

Yeah, yeah, yeah.

[John Clay Wolf]

She's got my last name, which is weird. Very weird. Very clear.

[Brad]

I mean, the exact same spelling, right?

[Charlie]

Yeah.

[John Clay Wolf]

And she moves to Corpus Christi and he moves her down and she just. But, but he just keeps saying, we're just friends, we're just friends, we're just friends. So when she moved away, I'm like, oh, your girlfriend? Ah, yeah, she's my buddy, but we're just friends. But Christmas Eve, she's around.

[Brett]

All right.

[John Clay Wolf]

I mean, he's so convincing about it. I'm going for it. And then he gets on this boat in the, in the islands, down at St. John's or St. Lucia, wherever the hell he is. Guess who's with him? Miss Congeniality. So I finally get him on the phone yesterday, like, all right, J.D. can we finally put an end to this madness?

[Brad]

It's killing you, wasn't it?

[John Clay Wolf]

Yes.

[Brad]

You just want him to say it?

[Charlie]

Yeah.

[John Clay Wolf]

I mean, this is your girlfriend, dude. It's okay to have a girlfriend.

[Brad]

Even if you're 70, right?

[John Clay Wolf]

Even if you're gay, it's okay to have a girlfriend. And he went back into it. Charlie. No, she's just a friend. He went in the whole deal.

[Brad]

Really?

[John Clay Wolf]

Yeah. I'm like, have you never banged this girl? And he says, no, no way.

[Charlie]

Right.

[John Clay Wolf]

I said, have you ever kissed her? No, she's just a friend. So it's really starting to make me question my relationship with JD that he can't be more forthcoming. I mean, he's got pictures on a sailboat.

[Brad]

They went to an island that's called the Honeymoon Islands.

[John Clay Wolf]

That's what it's called. I don't know. I mean, is it possible?

[Brad]

I don't think so. I can't. I mean, if it is possible, I'm.

[John Clay Wolf]

Gonna start questioning his sexuality.

[Brad]

Okay, put it this way. It's possible to have a chick that's a friend.

[John Clay Wolf]

Can we get his son on the phone?

[Brad]

I don't know, maybe he might be listening down line. He can call in.

[John Clay Wolf]

Okay, go ahead. It is possible to have a chick that is a friend. What?

[Brad]

But when you're a single guy, don't you at least kiss her once or something? Right, something, Yeah. I mean, I just. You make a move, do something. Maybe she rejected him.

[John Clay Wolf]

But then why would he take her to the island?

[Brad]

I wouldn't think. Maybe he's really trying to get her into those pants and she just can't.

[Brett]

How?

[John Clay Wolf]

Nah, you don't have to take him out of town. Dude, the out of town trip, I mean, you've got to take it for a test drive before you take him out of town.

[Brad]

But maybe he's just that desperate now.

[John Clay Wolf]

It's pretty desperate. Look at his son on the phone. I just put his son's phone number in the queue. If you. Look, I need truth. Any closure.

[Brad]

This is killing you that much?

[John Clay Wolf]

It is killing me. What's the stupidest thing you've ever done? And as far as chasing a piece of tail and carrying it too far.

[Brad]

Without closing, Man, I don't. I never bought jewelry.

[John Clay Wolf]

Jewelry? Can't even pronounce it. I mean, have you ever traveled? Have you ever done the road trip or the out of town trip with a gal that you haven't. That you couldn't close? That's gonna be frustrating.

[Brad]

No, Maybe a ball game. That's probably as much game.

[John Clay Wolf]

That's just a date.

[Brad]

That's about as far as going. Yeah, and that was just that night. But yeah, I'm trying to think nothing like that. I mean, you do flowers and stuff like that. Maybe. And no, not out of town.

[John Clay Wolf]

No. I think when you treat women like that, your odds of odds of closing go way down. What's really frustrating is a gal will bang the fella next door like on a whim, you know, over a shot of whiskey. And then the other guy that surely likes, she'll string him out for 90 days and make him spend and wane him out. Do you know what the difference between a bitch and a whore is?

[Brett]

No, John.

[Brad]

What is the difference between A and A?

[John Clay Wolf]

A screws everybody and a screws everybody but you.

[Brad]

Yeah, that's true.

[John Clay Wolf]

And I had, I, I had, I had a one that I, I spent way too many hours on the phone with way too many dinners, way too many beating around the bush for years. And then finally, for some reason, she just pops out of nowhere and she's ready to go. And I couldn't perform. And I was only, like, 23. Makes no sense, does it? This gal that I had been working on since seventh grade is ready for me to bed her. She's completely in the nude, and I cannot. I'm 23 years old. Hell, I may have been 22, and I can't even get it up. What, what is that all about, dude? The.

[Brad]

The pressure.

[John Clay Wolf]

The pressure?

[Brad]

You couldn't play in the Super Bowl?

[John Clay Wolf]

You like the pressure? You like the pressure? No, I could not play in the Super Bowl. All right, well, speaking of pressure, I've got people on line 1, 2, and 4. Oh, hang on real quick. John, John, John.

[Brett]

Hey, what's up?

[John Clay Wolf]

John, we're talking about your father.

[Rob]

Oh, okay.

[John Clay Wolf]

And you know the whole girlfriend, not girlfriend, thing that's been going on for three years now.

[Rob]

Oh, yeah.

[John Clay Wolf]

Okay. So finally, so I see that they're on the boat, they're in St. John, St. Thomas, wherever, and I see his boating pictures, and they're going island to island. Then I see, you know, the girl. I didn't know she was going. When he was telling us about this trip, her name never came up. All of a sudden, there's the girl in the pictures. I'm like, okay, good. Good for him. I'm happy for him. But. So when I talked to him yesterday, I was like, Well, I mean, J.D. can you finally come out of the closet with this deal? And he goes back into the whole deal, the defense. Nothing's there, just friends. Never kissed her. Never nothing.

[Rob]

I believe that he just probably never kissed her. I'm not really. I'm not going to get too deep into this on the radio. I'm not sure how far he wants to get into it.

[Brad]

Maybe you did ask the question wrong. Just, just about the kissing part. It's possible he maybe didn't kiss her.

[John Clay Wolf]

Well, if he's never kissed her, I'm.

[Rob]

Fairly certain that nothing else has happened.

[John Clay Wolf]

So they're really not a couple like that, in your opinion?

[Rob]

I, I, it depends on the day. When you ask me, I don't, I don't think anything physical is going on.

[John Clay Wolf]

Oh, well, I don't care. It's not like I'm trying to. What's turned into a joke is the Fact that this has been going on forever and he keeps saying, no, no, no, no, no. I'm like, come on, dude, shut up, please. I mean, somebody just, you know, the gigs up and you're still saying the gigs on.

[Rob]

I think they're dating, but I don't think anything else is going on.

[Brad]

So he's trying to play.

[John Clay Wolf]

So why would fashion real old fashioned way at that age?

[Rob]

Yeah, exactly. I think that's going on.

[Brad]

But you still kiss.

[John Clay Wolf]

I mean, I don't care. I don't care if you kiss or you lick noses or what you do. You're either in or you're not. You're either a deal or you're not. And these people spend so much time together, all holidays now they're traveling across the world and going to romantic islands together. But no, it'd be just like you, John and Turley. Y' all just buds, dude. Y' all aren't queers. Y' all are just buds. Y' all just hanging.

[Rob]

Hey, just. We had. Leslie and I had lunch with them a few weeks ago and I told him as we were leaving that I thought they were a cute couple. Yeah, he just gave me a look.

[John Clay Wolf]

All right, well, enough of that. It's not that interesting. It's just.

[Brad]

It's just frustrating.

[John Clay Wolf]

It's frustrating. I just feel like. I feel like he's pulling off this gig, this lie, this joke. And I was like, okay, we've got to get this over. It's been going on too long. Let's stop. Nope, nope.

[Rob]

No, I mean, it's possible they may just be really good friends. I'm not with them.

[John Clay Wolf]

I need pictures. I need you to go underground.

[Rob]

You need pictures?

[John Clay Wolf]

All right, I got to keep rolling.

[Rob]

All right, man, bye.

[John Clay Wolf]

800-800-72342 pictures.

[Brad]

Send it to givemethevit.com yeah, if you.

[John Clay Wolf]

Have pictures of JD's old lady, I'm going to.

[Brad]

I don't know what them together.

[John Clay Wolf]

Rob. 04 navigator, how many miles are on it?

[Rob]

107.

[Charlie]

Okay.

[John Clay Wolf]

04. 04. 04, what year was the body style change? 05.

[Rob]

I think it was 05 or 06.

[John Clay Wolf]

Definitely 06. I gotta look this one up because I want to make sure I'm not 04.04 might be the body style I'm thinking of. Do you think that your car looks like an 06?

[Rob]

I believe so, yeah.

[John Clay Wolf]

I believe that. To be accurate, sir, is it a luxury or an ultimate? Do you know? Who knows?

[Rob]

I think it's the. It's the. I Know, it's differentiated by the. The running boards that come. The electric running boards and stuff like that. It has all that. So I think it's the ultimate.

[John Clay Wolf]

Okay, so these. These navigators, what hurts them is the airbags. They sit, they. They sink down. Like, if you leave that car sitting for two days, does it. Does the airbag settle?

[Rob]

It's already been replaced. Their coilovers on it.

[John Clay Wolf]

Gotcha. Coilovers, meaning he pulled them and put real springs in them.

[Brad]

600 bucks.

[John Clay Wolf]

It's the only way to go. Yeah, don't tell him that. He probably spent 15.

[Brad]

Oh, sorry.

[John Clay Wolf]

You probably spent two. How many. How much did you spend, Rob?

[Rob]

It was actually. You're right, about 500 bucks.

[John Clay Wolf]

Oh, there you go. Good for navigator. All right. Anything wrong with it?

[Rob]

Nothing. There's a few little chips on the front bumper. It's black. Let's see. A little wear on the leather, but nothing through or anything like that. And it's got. I believe it has driver's seat or pasture seat.

[John Clay Wolf]

Are you driving? You got a big old fat girlfriend, and she's wore.

[Rob]

I think there's just a little bit of wear on the driver's seat.

[John Clay Wolf]

Okay.

[Rob]

Off the top of my head.

[John Clay Wolf]

Gotcha. It's a four grand rig.

[Charlie]

Yeah.

[John Clay Wolf]

If it's nice.

[Charlie]

Okay.

[John Clay Wolf]

Y. That's the money I'm looking at. I. I bought some yesterday out at that deal. We were at Turley, and I'm looking at MMR report right now. 41, 41, 42, and then 25. 35. Yeah. Four grand, some money.

[Charlie]

Okay.

[John Clay Wolf]

What's the other one?

[Rob]

Other one's a 06C230 with the six cylinder in it.

[John Clay Wolf]

Okay. You like the older luxury car that's paid. Well, that's paid for keyword. I don't even know that, but I'm assuming they're all clear title, actually.

[Rob]

Oh, yeah? Yeah. Actually, I'm a dealer in Lafayette.

[John Clay Wolf]

Okay.

[Rob]

And I'm. I'm liquidating some of my stuff, so I figured I would run it by you, see where I'm at. I'm. Actually, there's. I'm stepping out for about three or four months and then buying a piece of property and doing some changes.

[John Clay Wolf]

Okay.

[Rob]

We made a change last year with the oil field. It was just. It was a rough year last year, so I'm kind of regrouping.

[John Clay Wolf]

No. And the market's slipping right now. I was talking to a fellow a minute ago. Something's going on. I mean, you smell it in the air. The. The. The oil field, the economic slide Is. Is creeping up on us.

[Brad]

Would you like me to tell you what I'm hearing?

[John Clay Wolf]

Oh, we'll talk about it because we're gonna get too deep, but, yes, I do want to hear it. AC how many miles are on the Benzo?

[Rob]

77.

[John Clay Wolf]

77. Is it a sport package?

[Rob]

I don't think that one has. No, it's not a sport package sitting in my driveway.

[John Clay Wolf]

Sure. For the sport. You'll know because it'll say sport on the fender tag and the wheels are better. I'm a. I'm a. I'm a. I'm a. I'm. I'm a five. 45 to 5 on that one. So just figure, you know, nine.

[Rob]

Oh, it is a sport.

[John Clay Wolf]

Okay. Nine on the pair.

[Rob]

Yeah, it is a sport. And there is.

[John Clay Wolf]

How many cars do you have in stock?

[Rob]

Not much left. We've been. I've gone through quite a bit of my stuff, actually, to be honest with you. I ran two of them by your. By your guy yesterday.

[John Clay Wolf]

Did we buy any?

[Rob]

We're close.

[John Clay Wolf]

Okay.

[Rob]

We're close on them. I need.

[John Clay Wolf]

We'll be closer if you can get them to me because the shipping between you and me is 250.

[Rob]

Yeah, that.

[John Clay Wolf]

That's where they gotta go.

[Rob]

They gotta go up to Dallas Fort Worth.

[John Clay Wolf]

Yes, sir.

[Rob]

Okay.

[John Clay Wolf]

All right, man.

[Nancy]

All right.

[John Clay Wolf]

Do you go to the.

[Charlie]

Do I.

[John Clay Wolf]

Do I. Have I met you before at the sales? You know, I don't know.

[Rob]

I was asking. I was looking at your picture. Do you go to. You go to Gulf Coast Auto Auction Occasionally?

[John Clay Wolf]

Yes.

[Rob]

Okay. And that's what I thought. Yeah. I think we have talked a few times at the sales.

[John Clay Wolf]

Yep. Okay, cool. So you're in Beaumont or Lafayette?

[Rob]

I'm in Lafayette, but I go. Beaumont is predominantly Beaumont and over into Mississippi and stuff like that.

[John Clay Wolf]

Did the. Did these cars come out of Acura, Beaumont, or the BMW store Mercedes, Beaumont?

[Rob]

No, the Navigator was a local trade in. In Lafayette from Giles or something like that. And then the Mercedes, I think, was from a smaller Independence. It did come out of Beaumont.

[John Clay Wolf]

Gotcha. Okay. I gotta keep rolling. Thanks, Rob.

[Rob]

Okay, bye.

[John Clay Wolf]

800-800-7234. We had a time yet?

[Brad]

You got about three minutes.

[John Clay Wolf]

Three minutes. 8008-0072-3480-0800, 7234. 800, 800 radio. ESPN listeners, today we're going to leave at 10. No, at 11. At 11. In Houston, Louisiana. We're gonna keep going. ESPN, Houston. We're gonna come back about 1:30 and start back up again after the basketball game. 800, 800, 7, 2, 3, 4. 800, 800 radio. What are you hearing, boss?

[Brad]

So I've got some friends that work in the train industry, okay, bnsf.

[John Clay Wolf]

And they see the freight moving and that's a good indicator.

[Brad]

Yes. And there's furloughs coming.

[John Clay Wolf]

Furloughs of what?

[Brad]

Meaning firings.

[John Clay Wolf]

Oh.

[Brad]

So they're going to let people go.

[John Clay Wolf]

In the shipping fields because they're afraid.

[Brad]

Because they're not moving as much coal and oil.

[John Clay Wolf]

Right.

[Brad]

And that's pretty much what they rely on because it's an archaic system. They just keep going with the old school stuff instead of doing, you know, the new school. And trucking industry is doing really good because gas is cheap.

[John Clay Wolf]

Right.

[Brad]

So they're losing. So people that look at the train industry as. As far as how the economy is.

[John Clay Wolf]

Going to go, right, they see it as a.

[Brad]

Well, something's going on here. They're about to do some firing. So.

[John Clay Wolf]

Right.

[Brad]

That's that. I mean, that's just what I know.

[John Clay Wolf]

So I know a fella that was worth $400 million and they auctioned off his house in Aspen last. He's oil man auctioned off his house in Aspen last week. He had 63 million in it. Brought like 25 auctioned. They hooked his airplanes as jets out of the local FBO. This guy's about 55. I thought he was bulletproof. I mean, I've known him forever. I knew him before he was real mega wealthy. He personally guaranteed his notes on the oil, on production.

[Brad]

So he had all his eggs in one basket?

[John Clay Wolf]

No. Well, I mean, when you personally guarantee that note, you put all your eggs in whatever basket you upg'd. Yeah. So when. When the oil price flipped and it went against him and the company, his company went broke. Then they go to him personally and say, okay, you have to pay these debts because you personally guaranteed it and it was just so far above what it was worth. It flipped him. And that was a guy I never thought could go down ever. I mean, at 400 million, how do you go down? So it's a weird time.

[Brad]

If you have it all in one industry, then you got to hope that industry stays afloat.

[John Clay Wolf]

The whole business always goes up and down. It crashes. Hell, we've been through about four of these in my life. I don't know, how about yesterday? How about the market this week on cars? I mean, it just is flat and we're giving our stuff away. And then yesterday out there where we buy cars, normally this time of year, they're fighting over those cars. They're punching each other in the face and they were not doing that yesterday. Did you not notice that?

[Brad]

Yeah, but it was a lot of higher dollar cars too. That may have been the reason.

[John Clay Wolf]

Okay.

[Brad]

The, it's.

[John Clay Wolf]

Well, the crowd wasn't there.

[Brad]

No, but then maybe you can look online beforehand to see what the sale is going to offer.

[John Clay Wolf]

Right.

[Brad]

And I think that's what it was. They're like, well, this is not my cup of tea. I'm not going to be in the, in the competition for these kind of cars.

[John Clay Wolf]

Well, if, if they were all higher $, why wouldn't have I bought more than 20? I don't agree with you. I think you're wrong. You think, you think there was a higher caliber. Yeah, there was a higher caliber of car there yesterday. Than normal.

[Brad]

Yeah, than normal. It's usually some junk there.

[John Clay Wolf]

Okay.

[Brad]

There was still some junk there.

[John Clay Wolf]

Right.

[Brad]

But it's not as much. Yeah. Now as far as competition between you and. There's one other guy that buys a lot of the high dollars.

[John Clay Wolf]

He had his hands in his pockets. He's flushed out. He was, he's out of money. Didn't it look like that to you?

[Brad]

Yeah. By time you got to the hundreds. Yeah, he was, he slowed down. I didn't see a lot of the beginning, but it was number seven wasn't being called that much. No, that's his bitter number.

[John Clay Wolf]

No. Anyway, there's something up in the market and yes, it'll pop here in a few weeks and we're still buying like you, like hotcakes.

[Brad]

Taxes are coming up.

[John Clay Wolf]

Yeah, the, the spring kick is gonna hit. But I'm just wondering. I watched the Big Short last night, so it's got my head all screwed up. Have you seen that movie yet?

[Brad]

No, I have not.

[John Clay Wolf]

It's very good. It's about shorting the mortgage crisis and these guys that became gazillionaires from betting against mortgage backed securities and mortgage bonds in. Oh, they saw what happened in 08. They saw it in about 04 and they started making these bets in about 06. So they went to banks and got them to write instruments to bet against mortgage backed securities that didn't even exist at the point. And then that created the credit default swap. Long story short, the Big Short is a great movie.

[Brad]

Do you see something like that happening in the car industry with these notes that are being written? No problem.

[John Clay Wolf]

Sure.

[Brad]

It's a smaller amount.

[John Clay Wolf]

Yeah. Smaller version. But the paper's bad. Yeah, the paper is bad. The paper that they're buying like hotcakes is bad. They ran the government regulations, ran all of the rats out of the mortgage industry and they got into the car business and now they're writing paper for the car business. But, you know, 500 beacons buying $20,000 cars with nothing down. And it's just all. It's very bogey and it's worse than it was. The paper in the car business, the buying practices, the funding lenders are worse than they were before the crash of oa and it was pretty bad then. So, yeah, I do see an adjustment on the horizon. So we'll be right back.

[Charlie]

Sa. And I don't like what you got me hanging from and I don't like what you got me. Down what you got me it. And I don't care what you got I don't care what you need I want anything and I don't like what you got me from and I don't like what you got me from and I don't like what you got me from round and I. Don't like what you got me hanging.

[John Clay Wolf]

From.

[Charlie]

And I don't like what you got me hanging from.

[John Clay Wolf]

Now back to the John Clay wolf show. Hit him up right now. 1-800-800-Radio. This is the John Clay wolf show. 800, 800 radio. Or you can just go to givemetheven.com you want to sell your car? Go to givemetheven.com our guys are downstairs, our buyers. Brad's gonna come up here and get on the air with us a little bit.

[Brad]

He got busy last week, huh?

[John Clay Wolf]

Yeah. And he couldn't make it. But our buyers, one of our buyers is going to come up and talk a little bit. But yeah, givemetheven.com he's got a good.

[Brad]

Story from a vehicle that he bought this week, actually an rv.

[John Clay Wolf]

He said, we want to talk to that customer. Yeah, he said he's leaving to go to Colorado and smoke grass. Hey. S founding cars.

[Brad]

Yes.

[John Clay Wolf]

I just posted it on our Facebook page on the John Clay wolf show.

[Brad]

It's a good one.

[John Clay Wolf]

It is a good one. Which car did this come out of? So it is a. It's a daikokan. That's a hidden.

[Brad]

Got a little hidden.

[John Clay Wolf]

You put drugs in it?

[Charlie]

Yeah.

[Brad]

You put your weed in there? In this case, it wasn't weed. It was crack cocaine.

[John Clay Wolf]

How do you know?

[Brad]

Because the loss prevention at the auction we're at said it was. And the cops also agreed it was crack cocaine.

[John Clay Wolf]

What does crack cocaine look like versus regular cocaine?

[Brad]

Just chunky from my days of watching NWA stuff, I think it. That's what I have to rely on. It looks a little yellow.

[John Clay Wolf]

Okay.

[Brad]

And it's. It's kind of like.

[John Clay Wolf]

So this rock form the lid, screws off of it. And it had crack in it. And you in on our. The question is, did this come out of a 02 Hyundai with 160,000 miles, an 03 LeSabre with 70, or a 2010 Escalade with 130 on the clock? And the winner gets what? They get the crack?

[Brad]

No, that would be illegal, John.

[John Clay Wolf]

No, wouldn't. To give somebody something, I mean, crack cocaine, someone has to have it. We got it in the car. Are we illegal? No.

[Brad]

So when we police have it now.

[John Clay Wolf]

When we realized we had it. Okay, let's start over. We're not at a place where police are. We're downstairs. Okay. We find this container in our car, we open it, and it's full of good fat drugs. Good fat, juicy drugs.

[Brad]

That is our.

[John Clay Wolf]

In our position at that point. Are we breaking the law the moment we're sitting there holding it?

[Brad]

No, but if we distribute it.

[John Clay Wolf]

Distribute?

[Brad]

Yes.

[John Clay Wolf]

Then I believe, like, sell. Of course, if we gift, I think.

[Brad]

It'S still legal to give it. So I don't know. I'm not.

[John Clay Wolf]

I'm not a. But if a cop comes up right.

[Brad]

Then and you have it in your hand, it's illegal.

[Charlie]

Right.

[John Clay Wolf]

So it's not your fault. Did you.

[Brad]

Then you could just say, it's not mine. We just bought this car.

[John Clay Wolf]

Did you hear about the Dumb and Dumber guys last week in Colorado?

[Brad]

Oh, yes, I did. Oh, this is great. Yes, yes, yes, yes.

[John Clay Wolf]

Very similar deal.

[Brad]

Don't smoke your supply.

[John Clay Wolf]

So they got stoned and they're running weed across the country, and they got paranoid and they started realizing that police officers are following them.

[Brett]

I don't think they were actually following them.

[John Clay Wolf]

No, not at all.

[Brett]

Nervous.

[Brad]

They were high.

[Brett]

They were high as hell.

[John Clay Wolf]

So after a while, screwing around, making different turns, going different restaurants, they just pull over, go to payphone. Payphone or cell phone? I don't remember.

[Brad]

No, it sounded like it was a payphone, which I didn't know they still existed.

[John Clay Wolf]

They call 911 and say, hey, man, we know you're watching us. Just. Let's just get this over with. Come and arrest us. We're sorry. They got so paranoid that they called the cops on themselves. Yes.

[Brett]

They just grabbed their car.

[John Clay Wolf]

Yeah.

[Brett]

Sitting right here by the phone.

[John Clay Wolf]

We see your unmarked cars all around us, and there was none.

[Brad]

And Then when the cops pulled up, they had the weed inside a dog kennel outside of the car and their hands up in the air, knees in the ground like, hey, come take us.

[John Clay Wolf]

Take me away.

[Brad]

So, you know, that's gotta be some good stuff. If you get that high and that paranoid, then people are coming to get you.

[Brett]

I think it's ironic you had your crack cocaine in a coke can.

[John Clay Wolf]

Yeah.

[Brad]

No, Isn't that. That's what I thought, too.

[John Clay Wolf]

Makes no sense. 8008-0072-3480-0800, 7234. 800, 800 radio. If you want me to buy your car. If you're. If you're. If you're in the market to sell your car, I'll buy it. If you call me now, I'll tell you what I'll give for it, and we'll come to your house and pick it up with a check. 800, 800 radio. 800, 800, 7234. Oh, so we woke you up this morning, Brett.

[Brett]

We did.

[John Clay Wolf]

And you went back to sleep during the conference call.

[Brett]

I fell asleep during the conference call. I'd say five minutes into it, the first third F bomb, I was out.

[John Clay Wolf]

That's pretty quick.

[Brett]

I was gone.

[John Clay Wolf]

That's pretty quick.

[Brad]

Apparently, the weather was a big factor.

[John Clay Wolf]

True. In the industry.

[Brad]

And this happens, right? I mean, it. We've seen it.

[John Clay Wolf]

Oh, yeah. Up on the east coast, it screwed the auctions up where they couldn't even make them across the block this. This week.

[Brad]

Tornado action in other areas.

[John Clay Wolf]

Oh, yeah. In West Palm. That's right. Well, have you noticed the guy at the auction that's in the wheelchair with the auction bottle is like.

[Brad]

Yes. Is he? What is he? Well, old school guy that just likes to hang around and giving up.

[John Clay Wolf]

Yes. And he was like the partner into something. No, no, he was like the auction. He did all the hiring of the auctioneers, but he had a stroke and now he's back. But he's not all back. No, he's. He's just around a lot.

[Charlie]

What?

[Brad]

Why even come every Tuesday. Just.

[John Clay Wolf]

I don't know.

[Brad]

I don't understand that.

[Brett]

At that point, he rolls around like he owns it.

[Brad]

Yes, I thought he did. That's what I thought. He had some stake in it or something. He just wants to see his baby.

[John Clay Wolf]

No. Grow. No, no, not at all. No, he rolls around a lot. He. I have. I have tripped into him too many times. I like the guy. I'm not trying to make fun of him. He had a stroke. That's not Funny.

[Brett]

Well, you know, I just thought he owned it.

[John Clay Wolf]

No, no, no, no. He just. But he wheels around. Now that he's in that chair, he's. He's rolling around with more confidence. And he's got these assistants around him, you know, pushing.

[Brad]

Pushing him around. Yeah. You know, I wonder at this point, he could probably walk around, but he's like, you know what?

[John Clay Wolf]

Yes. Something's going on. It's turning into an. To a scene. It's turning into an episode. I just wondered if y' all noticed that as well as I. Yeah.

[Brad]

Between him, the baby arm guy, I mean, there's. There's quite a cast of characters at the auction.

[Brett]

If that's not a movie, there's not one to be made. The one armed guy is hilarious.

[John Clay Wolf]

Not one arm. It's like a fish arm. Like, his arm's about the size, and.

[Brett]

He doesn't get anything tailored. Like, so he wears it. You notice that his jacket. Why don't get it cut.

[John Clay Wolf]

Does it have fingers on the end of the arm?

[Brett]

Yeah.

[John Clay Wolf]

Little nubs.

[Brad]

Yeah. And he'll carry his papers just in little nubs there.

[John Clay Wolf]

Yeah.

[Brett]

I mean, try to figure out if he's bidding or not.

[Charlie]

You know.

[John Clay Wolf]

It would be like having a foot glued on your shoulder is what it looks like. I'll be damn. Well. But he's there every week, and there's me with my limp. It's so funny.

[Brad]

Still, people, you just look like you're drunk out there. Some people always ask, has he been drinking?

[John Clay Wolf]

I was like, no, no, that's Brad.

[Brett]

No, I'm a good sidekick for John.

[Brad]

Yeah.

[Brett]

We walk around just like each other.

[Brad]

They smell it, and then they see John and they just put like, oh, he's been drunk, man. He's really drunk.

[Brett]

They've been into rodeo.

[John Clay Wolf]

Is he drunk? No, I'm not drunk. These assistants I was talking to. Everybody has assistance now.

[Brett]

Entourage, everybody's got one.

[John Clay Wolf]

I was talking to one of the lead guys in. I mean, it's like the assistant. The used car manager's at the auction, and he's got two assistants with him, and he's buying, and they're signing his block tickets. And the truth is, is they don't know what they're doing, and they should be someone's assistant. But these corporate gigs, these corporate used car manager gigs, they've got everybody so swollen up. You got your assistants, and I mean, really got. You got to ask your. Ask your crew if it's okay to bid. I don't know. It's weird how much time's left.

[Brad]

Yeah. One minute.

[John Clay Wolf]

One minute.

[Brad]

Big cars.

[John Clay Wolf]

8008-0072-3480-0800-7234. 800, 800 radio. When's the Super Bowl? Is it next Sunday?

[Brad]

Next Sunday? Yes.

[Brett]

The seventh.

[Brad]

Yep. So you got a week of just nonsense. Last week was they really put their game plan together. Actually this past week. Next week they kind of go through walkthroughs and sure up the game plan. And five and a half point favorite bronc. The Panthers.

[John Clay Wolf]

Carolina.

[Brad]

I've got a. You want to hear this?

[John Clay Wolf]

Where's the game?

[Brad]

It's in Glendale. Airs. Glendale? I'm sorry, Not Glendale, California. It's like the suburbs of San Francisco, basically. It's. It's like if it was in Arlington.

[John Clay Wolf]

Is it at the 49ers Stadium?

[Brad]

Yes, but that's not in San Francisco.

[John Clay Wolf]

That's fine.

[Brad]

There was a. I did stumble across this. I thought you might enjoy it.

[John Clay Wolf]

I will.

[Brad]

This was a Carolina Panthers fan, and I think he's related to DJ Point Blank.

[John Clay Wolf]

Okay.

[Brad]

Our assistant. One of our assistants.

[John Clay Wolf]

Literally. Okay.

[Brad]

I think it's just. Take a listen to this wonderful rap that he put together for his team.

[John Clay Wolf]

Okay. Carolina Panthers with sharp teeth and claws we growl to win this gain we call prosecution ball our offense and defense so intense your team will be the losers if you got a lick of sense you dig the NFL My lyrics and my rhymes you eat up what I'm saying. Spit and fly hip hop lines lightning fast big black cats, Panthers kicking ass yo with a TD or field gold gonna get that double U's Dominic the foe Carolina Panthers with sharp teeth and claws we growl to win this game we call pro football.

[Brad]

And that's why white people don't need to rap.

[Charlie]

Right.

[John Clay Wolf]

Or drink.

[Brad]

That's just terrible. That's got a million views on it, by the way, John.

[John Clay Wolf]

Really?

[Brad]

A million views?

[John Clay Wolf]

And MC Point Blank doesn't have a million views? Have you listened to any of his tunes?

[Brad]

Just the one OG Kush song. But, you know, he did take that from somebody, right?

[John Clay Wolf]

That.

[Brad]

That hook.

[John Clay Wolf]

Oh, he lifted it.

[Brad]

Yes. Yeah, it's H Town. What is it called? H Town Chronic 8. They have the same.

[John Clay Wolf]

Oh, he completely lifted it.

[Brad]

And. But his lyrics are his original. Okay, but he's not the only one. A lot of people have used that.

[John Clay Wolf]

OG cushion per OG Kush and purple. So translation original gangster smoking weed and drinking purple drink.

[Brad]

Yeah. And so here's this. Just sped up a little bit. But his lyrics are original. When he gets to that point, he.

[John Clay Wolf]

Sounds better Than he should. Is that him? Yeah. The other guy's talking real slow. The black fella.

[Brad]

It's just. That's the original. That. Slow down that scissor sipping scissors.

[John Clay Wolf]

We're gonna have a little OG cushion perp during this quick commercial interlude. We'll be right back and we're gonna get on the phones with you guys. 8008-0072-3480-0800 radio. My name is John clay wolf and I buy cars over the air. Call me right now, 8008-0072-3480-0800 radio. Now back to the John clay wolf show. Hit him up right now. 1, 800, 800 radio. This is the John clay wolf show. It's the same thing. Charlie. I'm telling you, something's up in the market. Nobody's calling them with their cars today. There's something up. There's something up. There's something up.

[Brad]

They don't need to sell their car.

[John Clay Wolf]

I don't know. I mean, I don't know what the reason is, but the lanes are dead, the phones are dead, the stores are dead. There's something up. Don't know what it is. I had a buddy of mine that manages a lot of floor plans for dealers, like the second largest independent floor plan provider in the country. And he told me that normally when he has a dealer, a floor plan means that this company loans them money to stock all their inventory and they go by and do floor plan checks and all this stuff. He said, normally when somebody goes bust on me, I hear the tremor, I smell the tremor, get a bad check, get a weird phone call. Here's some rumors. Have a bad floor plan check. He said, I'm having dealers in January go roll over on me. Meaning be insolvent, being upside down, out of business overnight with nobody warning them, I'll keep buying them. I don't care. I'm not scared. 800-800-7234. We don't borrow any money. We're cash.

[Brad]

Cash money, homie.

[John Clay Wolf]

It's scary, but that's what we are. But that's what we got to stay on the market too. 8008-0072-3480-0800-7234. 800, 800 radio. Is the call in number or go to givemethevin.com. so, Brett, last night you were at the fort worth rodeo in Randy Owen, the Alabama. Randy Owen, Alabama.

[Brett]

Randy owens. Rode up on the elevator with him, supposed to have dinner with him and had to go to the rodeo with my daughter.

[John Clay Wolf]

Oh, you were gonna take him to dinner?

[Brett]

A friend of a friend. But yes, we were supposed to have dinner reservations with him and cancel.

[John Clay Wolf]

He said, come on with us to the rodeo.

[Brett]

He stayed up there and had dinner and I took my daughter to the rodeo, stood with him for about an hour.

[John Clay Wolf]

Hey, you're a good dad.

[Brett]

I'm a good dad.

[John Clay Wolf]

And tonight you're going out with him too?

[Brett]

Well, he's going to the strip club. I wish we were going to Angus cell.

[Brad]

Angus.

[Brett]

Close as you get, man.

[Brad]

That just sounds exciting.

[Brett]

How fun does it get?

[John Clay Wolf]

So Randy Owens, the singer of Alabama is a cattleman.

[Brett]

Apparently he is. He's in here for the stock show and he said he likes Fort Worth better than any of the rest of them and he's here to dang his sale. I don't know what he does.

[Brad]

So you just ran into him randomly?

[Brett]

No, I got a text. I was supposed to have dinner with him and I said that I had to take my daughter to the rodeo. But I would go up there for a brief minute and say hi. I really didn't think the guy would show. I just, you know, they're like, we're gonna have dinner with Randy Owens. And lo and behold, I rode the elevator up there with him and visited with him for about an hour. And everybody there wanted to have a picture with him. And he's unmistakable. I mean, you think it's not him, but it's him.

[John Clay Wolf]

So did he sing for you?

[Brett]

No.

[John Clay Wolf]

He sing for your daughter.

[Brad]

Did you ask him anything off, like Alabama wise musical?

[Brett]

I did not. My daughter took her rights to ask anything she wanted to ask. She asked if she could be his agent and could we sell pictures and everything else. And they had a blast. But no, personally, I asked him nothing.

[Brad]

You were just sticking with this?

[Brett]

I was just what? I was sticking to the bar.

[John Clay Wolf]

Carolina Panthers versus Denver Broncos next Sunday. The line is five.

[Brad]

Five and a half.

[John Clay Wolf]

Five and a half.

[Brad]

That may go up here.

[John Clay Wolf]

So our hundred dollar wagers out. Because our hundred dollar wager was the Pets.

[Brad]

No, no, that was the wager was. I made it premature though. We. I was spouting out because I said last week. Yeah, because I didn't think that the Chiefs. I thought the Chiefs were going to beat the Pats. That didn't happen. They actually ended up beating the Chiefs.

[John Clay Wolf]

Right.

[Brad]

The Broncos then ended up beating the Pads. Because I said before that, what's the.

[John Clay Wolf]

Hundred dollar bet we made?

[Brad]

I said that in the super bowl it's going to be the Broncos versus the Panthers.

[John Clay Wolf]

Okay.

[Brad]

And I said the Broncos would beat the Panthers.

[John Clay Wolf]

And I said.

[Brad]

And you said okay, I'll take that bet. And I was like, all right, we'll do 100. I was very. I was drunk on I don't know what. Because.

[John Clay Wolf]

So we did make a bet of who's going to be there and they are there. And I'm Carolina in your Bronx.

[Brad]

Yes.

[John Clay Wolf]

Okay, good.

[Brad]

I don't know why I made that bet, but I did.

[John Clay Wolf]

That's fine.

[Charlie]

Good.

[John Clay Wolf]

Well, hey Brett, look at me. I'm a hundred dollars richer.

[Brett]

Hey, I'll still. I'll tell you, I'll give you another hundred. I'll take the Broncos with the spread.

[John Clay Wolf]

You got to put comments in the queue now.

[Brad]

I didn't say the spread. I just said straight up.

[Brett]

No, I'll take the Broncos with the spread.

[Brad]

Can we change it to the spread?

[John Clay Wolf]

That's yalls deal. I've already made my hundred.

[Brad]

Nancy.

[John Clay Wolf]

Good morning girl there.

[Nancy]

Hey, good morning.

[John Clay Wolf]

Hello. Where are you calling from?

[Nancy]

Lake Arthur, Louisiana.

[John Clay Wolf]

Lake what?

[Nancy]

Lake Arthur, Louisiana? Yes, by Jennings. In between Lafayette and Lake Brawl.

[John Clay Wolf]

Okay, I know where Jennings is.

[Nancy]

Okay. Yeah, we're south of that.

[John Clay Wolf]

Well.

[Nancy]

Well I. I'm sorry. My phone is acting crazy. Can you hear me?

[John Clay Wolf]

I can, I can. I can.

[Rob]

Okay.

[Nancy]

I'm a single mom looking to buy a truck for my son. We are looking at a. And I. I really value at your advice. I listen to you as much as I can.

[John Clay Wolf]

Oh good. We've been on down areas. Brett, she's. She said I'm funny and good looking.

[Brad]

Yeah.

[Nancy]

Work on Saturdays on the road so I get to listen to you quite a bit. But anyway, John, I'm looking at a Ford F155.44. Yeah, Triton. It's a four wheel drive, four door, short wheel base. The guy is axing seven thousand. It has a hundred and eighty eight thousand miles on it.

[John Clay Wolf]

What year model is it?

[Nancy]

07.

[John Clay Wolf]

Yeah, that's fine. I mean back him up a little bit but I mean bread. It's 07. It's new body style. She's an individual.

[Brad]

It's 188000 miles on it.

[Brett]

Yeah, but we sold. I had the truck with 223 sold for five grand and it was an 04 in gold.

[Brad]

Is it four wheel drive, this one?

[Brett]

Yeah, yeah, mine was four wheel.

[John Clay Wolf]

Was yours leather or cloth?

[Charlie]

Cloth.

[Nancy]

It's cloth. Oh, me or him?

[John Clay Wolf]

I was talking about him. Yeah, I think that.

[Nancy]

Is average, John. I mean Ford's as far as I know. You can Tell like the driver's seat always tears at that seam from getting in and out. You know the guy is not kept the inside in good condition like we keep ours.

[John Clay Wolf]

We have a hard. We have a hard out for the top of the hour with all the network in just a second. Well like 20 seconds earlier. 10.

[Brad]

10 seconds.

[John Clay Wolf]

10 seconds. Okay, I've got to go, Nance.

[Nancy]

Okay.

[John Clay Wolf]

I think. I think it's a decent deal. Mainly drive it, check the transmission, check for engine noise, make sure it's fundamentally correct and you're not going to find a four wheel drive truck cheaper than that. Thank you for calling.

[Charlie]

I know.

[Nancy]

Thank you.

[Charlie]

Byebye.

[Rob]

012.

[Charlie]

I rode her up for the 10th time today practiced all the things I would say she came over, I lost my nerve I took her back and made her dessert I know I'm being used it's okay man cause I like the abuse Wind up playing with me that's okay cause I got no self esteem away. We make plans, go out at night I wait till two and I turn out the light Miss rejections got miss so low she keeps it up I just watch. All that you want done in me my friends wait you say all that I'm like with the sea and I wonder how much more I can spare When I can I should seek out for myself But I really think it's better this way the more you suffer the more it shows you really careful right? Yeah. I'll relate this little bit it happens more than I'd like to admit Late at night she knocks on my door she's drunk again and look in the store oh I know I should say no but it's kind of hard when she's ready to go I may be dumb, I'm not a dweeb I'm just a sucker with no self esteem away. Yeah. Wonder how much more I can spell well I guess I should stick up for my But I really think it's better this way the more you suffer, the more it shows you really care, right? Yeah.

[John Clay Wolf]

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